Convicted felon Robert Bohn and Coastal Gateway Port – lipstick on the DWR pig. Why are we allowing this felon to continue? Only reason he’s allowed into the country is because he was given the title “special envoy”. JFC.
This gave me a chuckle. Bohn talking about reputation and what happens when you go to the dark side. Notice the years he was in control of the registry included the years where he was convicted of money laundering, racketeering, fraud, $100 Million lottery scam targeting seniors. He’s touting that time as he and Tom Bayer being the role models. Bohn and McMahon/KIP – same bullshit, empty promises, no substance.
The new Member of Parliament (MP)-elect from Epi Constituency, Robert Bohn, said he does not take any money from politics for himself but gives all political funds to his voters.
MP-elect Bohn made this statement when interviewed by Mark O’Brien from Capital FM 107/96Buzz FM this week.
Bohn said that during his first term in Parliament from 2012-2015, he gave away all the money allocated to him to his constituency.
“In my first term, I gave back VT22 million to the people of Epi, and I don’t take any of it,” he said.
“I cannot be bought because I don’t need to be bought, and my commitment is for the betterment of the country. That’s all I’m offering.”
He emphasised his commitment to his constituents by stating that he doesn’t personally benefit financially from his position in Parliament.
Bohn is positioning himself as someone financially independent, who cannot be swayed by money or political pressures. His experience in senior positions in the private sector may lend credibility to his claim, suggesting he has been successful without relying on political funds.
Bohn also added that as the First Sitting of Parliament for the 14th Legislature approaches, the negotiations and lobbying to form a new government will increase. He assured that the people of Vanuatu will hear an update before the due date regarding the lineup and who will be the Prime Minister (PM).
The MP-elect noted that a busy and potentially contentious period lies ahead, with behind-the-scenes negotiations growing stronger as the formation of the new government and selection of the PM are finalised.
US authorities want to seize more than $18 million from a New Zealand bank, after a Vanuatu conman was convicted in Memphis, Tennessee, last week for his part in a US$100 million ($142 million) international lottery scam.
US District Judge Bernice Donald found Robert Murray Bohn, of Vanuatu, guilty last Wednesday of racketeering, conspiracy, money laundering and mail fraud, which she said was committed in the course of laundering money from the lottery fraud.
Federal prosecutors have recovered US$16 million from the scam’s engineers, and hope Bohn’s conviction will help them get US$13 million more from a New Zealand bank, Memphis newspaper Commercial Appeal reports.
Details of the bank have not been published.
The Memphis office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) began investigating the Canadian-based lottery scheme in 1996 after it targeted elderly US citizens through 30 front companies to sell them tickets in foreign lotteries, raking in small amounts of money from thousands of people.
The lottery scheme mastermind, Alvin Moss, 72, a Canadian citizen, was arrested in 2002 in Costa Rica, and pleaded guilty in July to organised fraud, and was sentenced to five years in prison.
He agreed to surrender US$12 million to the US government, and to help FBI agents recover millions more, starting with each of his three adult children last month handing over a cheque for US$1 million.
Jeffrey Allen Moss, 33, Larry Charles Moss, 42, and Beverly Ann Moss, 40, each held directorships in their father’s companies, and pleaded guilty to importing lottery materials.
Front companies set up by Moss’s group shuttled money into secret bank accounts in New Zealand, Canada, Australia, Barbados, Virgin Islands, and Vanuatu.
Bohn was in charge of money laundering, moving illegal profits through different banks to avoid detection.
A Memphis grand jury delivered an indictment against Bohn on May 8, 2002, and he was arrested in December 2002.
Prosecutors said millions of victims paid small amounts, usually US$25, but that the payments totalled US$100 million over several years.
Little of the money was paid out as winnings, and Moss’s firm promoted the lotteries with false promises, including claims that a psychic had chosen lucky numbers.
Victims generally didn’t check to see if anyone was actually buying the tickets, and the indictment said that even where people had a winning number, the winnings were split with hundreds of others who had been given the same number.
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